EXE

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary file. Some
     operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension
     .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally found among
     Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have any required
     suffix.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  EXE
       
          /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ An executable binary file.
          Some operating systems (notably {MS-DOS}, VMS, and TWENEX) use
          the extension .EXE to mark such files.  This usage is also
          occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix
          executables don't have any required suffix.
       
          [{Jargon File}]